All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

Beth Green Moore was born to a military father and homemaker mother in 1957. One of five children, she regularly attended Baptist Church with her family. At age 11, she was sexually abused by her father. At 18, she experienced a spiritual awakening in which she sensed God’s presence. Mentors guided her to see the experience as a call to ministry.

Moore married Keith Moore, a plumber and the survivor of a childhood fire in which his brother died. They had two children in a marriage that was often rocky because of their differences and childhood traumas. A Bible study class led to Moore’s love of Scripture and desire to teach. She founded Living Proof Ministries in 1994 to encourage women to better know Jesus through Bible studies.

As she spoke both in and out of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), she began to resent the SBC’s suppression of women in ministry. Ultimately, her experience of past abuse led her to stand up to sexism in the church. She left the SBC in 2021, making national headlines because of her prominence, and joined the Anglican Church.

Moore continues to speak and teach widely and has written numerous best-selling books and Bible studies.